Kochi: High court on Wednesday, observing that the constitution of the Kerala State Waqf Board was prima facie not in conformity with the amended Waqf Act, 2025, ordered that the present board shall not take any major or policy decisions or incur any capital expenditure without its permission.A bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and…
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is a Trojan Horse of a film. No, I don’t mean that it’s about to give your computer a virus (though if you downloaded an illegal version this week instead of going to the cinema, that’s on you). Fast facts about The Odyssey What: The latest take on Homer’s epic tale…
Bengaluru: A 13-year-old Class 7 student is battling for his life after allegedly attempting suicide following physical punishment and alleged mental harassment by a teacher at a private school in west Bengaluru.The student, a resident of Chikkabasti who studies at a private school in Mariyappanapalya, Jnanabharathi, is undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU)…
Lok Sabha secretariat cautions MPs ahead of Monsoon session NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament, the Lok Sabha secretariat has issued a fresh advisory asking Members of Parliament to refrain from protests, demonstrations and the display of placards inside the Parliament House complex, while also cautioning against carrying items such as firearms,…
Hollywood star Hugh Jackman has entered beast mode. On Wednesday, the actor took to his Instagram, and shared pictures and videos from his fitness session.In the video, the actor can be seen training fiercely, pumping the iron as he put up an impressive performance brimming with adrenaline and testosterone.He wrote in the caption, “BIG WIN…
The accused in RPF custody RAIPUR: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrested 10 people within 10 hours in connection with the derailment of a goods train at Kargi Road railway station, officials said on Monday.Three wagons of an empty N-Box-914 rake derailed on line number 3 at platform number 2 around 2.20pm on July 13….
Avi Mohan Shukla demonstrates the InnoBox to farmers Ranchi: At an age when most students were busy with Class 12 board exams, 17-year-old Avi Mohan Shukla was spending nights building a device to tackle one of Jharkhand’s most persistent rural crises — human-elephant conflict.The urgency is stark. In Hazaribag’s Barkatha block, a 32-year-old daily wager…
Oscar Wild needs little introduction. His wit was legendary, his plays are still some of the most performed comedies in the English language and his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Grey, continues to provoke readers more than 130 years after its publication. Oscar Wilde knew how to cram uncomfortable truths about society, love, vanity…
New Delhi: The Delhi govt plans to install a 15-foot-tall, 1,500 kg bronze statue of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Azadpur roundabout in north Delhi, officials said.Calling the initiative a tribute to the statesman, urban development minister Ashish Sood said, “Former Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna recipient, the revered Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji was a…
Navi Mumbai: A newly married couple returning to their Mumbai Central home with family from a Goa trip ended in tragedy. The bride, the groom’s mother, his cousin, and the family driver died in an SUV crash along the Mumbai-Goa highway. Allegedly speeding along at 140 kmph, the SUV crashed into the rear of a…